180 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Neuroptera 



Female. — Luteous-red : palpi, antennae, tibiae and tarsi black; 

 wings blackish; fore-wings with seven whitish spots between the 

 base and the middle, and with two exterior discal whiiish spots, 

 which are between two whitish bands; 1st band abbreviated in 

 front ; 2nd much abbreviated hindward. 



Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Fam. SIALID^. 



Genus Hermes, G. R. Gray. 



Hermes decemmaculatus. 



Testaceus, capite antice fulvo, maculis duabus posticis laterali- 

 bus elongatis nigris, antennis nigris serratis, prothorace ma- 

 culis quatuor elongatis lateralibus nigris, alis albido-hyalinis, 

 venis testaceis. 



Testaceous : head tawny in front, slightly angular on each side, 

 broader than the prothorax, with an elongated black spot on each 

 side hindward ; antennae black, serrated ; prothorax slightly 

 contracted in the middle, with two elongated black spots on each 

 side; mesothorax and metathorax a little broader and much shorter 

 than the prothorax ; wings whitish hyaline ; veins wholly tes- 

 taceous. 



Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 42 lines. 



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Hermes corripiens, 



Testaceus, antennis nigris basi testaceis non serratis, prothorace 

 guttis quatuor lateralibus elongatis nigris, alis albido-hyalinis, 

 venis testaceis, alarum anticarum venulis transversis plus mi- 

 nusve nigris. 



Testaceous : head slightly angular on each side, a little broader 

 than the prothorax ; antennae black, simple, testaceous towards the 

 base ; prothorax almost linear, with two elongated black dots on 

 each side ; the fore pair sometimes almost obsolete ; wings whitish 

 hyaline ; veins testaceous ; fore-wings with the transverse vein- 

 lets more or less black. This species may be distinguished from 

 the preceding one by its narrower head, by the more convex 

 costa of the fore-wings, and by the black marked veinlets. 



Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 3Q — 38 lines. 



